Still not getting how to override Transcendence content :-(

[ptbptb]

I thought I knew what I was doing, but I was obviously mistaken.

What I want to do is override the DockScreen &dsBarricade; that is displayed when your ship is docked to a deployed Titanium Barricade. I'd like to add extra actions so you can reposition the barricade after it is deployed.

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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE TranscendenceExtension
[
    <!ENTITY UNIDMovableBarricade   "0xD0030030">
    <!ENTITY dsBarricade            "0xD0030031">
]>
<TranscendenceExtension UNID="&UNIDMovableBarricade;" version="1.0" name="Moveable barricade" credits="ptbptb">

    <!-- Moveable barricade -->

    <DockScreen UNID="&dsBarricade;"
            name= "=(objGetName gSource)"
            >
        <Panes>

Is that not how you do it?

Help for the very confused, please.

[digdug]

ok, to override the dockscreen barricade, you just need an extension with the dockscreen itself (of it's inside the an object, then you have to override the object too)

normally you don't need to declare and use any new UNID (besides the UNID of the extension itself)

If you create a new object that uses the new dockscreen then you will have normal barricades and new barricades using the old and the new dockscreens, which, unless you are using new graphics, can be a real pain to undestand what's going on.


simply, in an extension you can:
create new stuff (need new UNIDs)
override existing stuff (don't need new UNIDs)

If you want, you are welcome to have a chat with us on IRC, usually it's faster than the forums

[sdw195]

what i do to override vanilla Transcendence

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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE TranscendenceExtension
[
    <!ENTITY UNIDMovableBarricade   "myunid1234">
then the unid of the object you are overwriting in the Transcendence.xml file
   <!ENTITY dsBarricade	        "0x0000A01C">
   then you can add anything else to the Extension 
]>
<TranscendenceExtension UNID="&UNIDMovableBarricade;" version="1.0" name="Moveable barricade" credits="ptbptb">

    <!-- Moveable barricade -->

    <DockScreen UNID="&dsBarricade;"
            name= "=(objGetName gSource)"
            >
        <Panes>

works every time

[ptbptb]

what i do to override vanilla Transcendence

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works every time

Thanks. I've put that in to be on the safe side. My (very small) mod is now finished if you want to take a look.